“On Nov. 7 detectives were contacted by the fraud investigator of a local bank in reference to numerous counterfeit checks that were cashed at several bank locations in Calcasieu Parish,” Myers said on Thursday. “Detectives reviewed video from Nov. 5 and 7 that showed Avery cashing checks totaling over $12,500.”

Myers said Avery admitted to the forgery and that he received the counterfeit checks from a man he met in Lafayette.